Comments on: Shocker: Josh Hamilton signs a five-year, $125 million deal with the Angelshttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/13/report-the-angels-are-in-serious-negotiations-with-josh-hamilton/
Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball.Tue, 03 Mar 2015 19:40:45 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: stercuilus65http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/13/report-the-angels-are-in-serious-negotiations-with-josh-hamilton/comment-page-2/#comment-414042
Sat, 15 Dec 2012 08:34:06 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=272862#comment-414042LOL so now it’s the “Anaheim” Angels again? Of course he never drive over to LA LOL.Time to take your heads out of the sand. I mean I know Texas has some celebrities like say Buck Owens but he’s going to be surrounded by the Hollywood crowd and all the seedy hangers on and pushers. There is no place like LA He couldn’t stay straight in Arlington he will have no chance in LA.That is the truth even if you can’t stand to hear it..
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Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:11:14 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=272862#comment-413642Rageilicious!
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Fri, 14 Dec 2012 01:47:00 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=272862#comment-413441Good luck keeping Hamilton sober in LA. Hard enough to do in the bible belt. He may experience some intial success, but in the long run the deal will hurt the Angels. I’m glad he is moving on.
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Fri, 14 Dec 2012 01:41:42 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=272862#comment-413438I agree, the Angles are the team to beat.
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Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:38:01 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=272862#comment-413415Reactionary comment. Time to grow up.

LA TV leads the country in local ads for dependency rehab (as well as for shrinks and lawyers).

There may well be more recovering dependency people in SoCal then anywhere else in the world.

Mr. Hamilton will be set-up with some good people. He will have a strong support group and some of the best professional people to help him stay on course.

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Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:31:23 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=272862#comment-413410Man, I wish I could click the thumbs-up button a million times for that post, maxabrams1704.
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Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:26:18 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=272862#comment-413378You mean Amaro?
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Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:09:43 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=272862#comment-413363Anaheim sure is a rough place. It will be dangerous for him since he has never been there before and every person in CA will be forcing drugs upon him.
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Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:00:21 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=272862#comment-413356If you consider an hour drive and a culture change close, I guess. I work across the street from Angels Stadium, it is very much in Anaheim.
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Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:50:22 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=272862#comment-413347That’s a big commitment for a streaky hitter with off-field problems. I didn’t think he’d get more than 75 and 4.
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Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:47:16 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=272862#comment-413343Why are they called the LA Angels then? Close enough, right?
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Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:44:44 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=272862#comment-413339Now lets watch the Mariners trade their best prospects for others trash to make up for this!!!
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Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:44:16 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=272862#comment-413336The Rangers have a TV deal worth billions (starting in 2014 I believe). DFW is the fourth largest MSA in the nation. Oakland won the division last year on tiny payroll. The Rays are perennial contenders in the AL East, which was nearly won by Baltimore and their tiny payroll last year. There is still competition.
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Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:35:30 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=272862#comment-413328Josh in LA? LOL
He will be on the DL by June and in rehab by July.
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Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:34:50 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=272862#comment-413327The Rangers also signed a TV-deal worth billions and play in a major market. The front office seems adept at evaluating talent, especially internationally. I don’t think one signing by the Angels makes a huge difference (their rotation is still shaky). Baseball is not easy to predict.
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Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:30:25 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=272862#comment-413324You mean Ruben?
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Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:46:26 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=272862#comment-413277the Rangers have done a pretty good job of out-evaluating the Angels over the past couple of years.

Sad to say Craig but with this kind of money it will be less and less about out evaluating,managing,strategy,scouting or anything else that the game used to be at least somewhat about………..might as well just follow the business news and take enjoyment from who has amassed the greatest fortune from year ro to year…………something pure has been lost as well as any semblence of competitve balance. Of course one solution could be to arrange divisions by wealth of ownership rather than geography..

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Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:17:40 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=272862#comment-413236No, it wasnt, and this is just another key part of a back to back world series team that has departed. The Angels are better, the Athletics are good, the Mariners and Astros are still bad. So its a 3 headed race. Gotta favor the Angels next season now.
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Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:14:39 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=272862#comment-413231Glad you aren’t the Angels GM. Vernon Wells as the clubhouse leader?
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Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:06:35 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=272862#comment-413210So not only are you giving the AL West to the Angels, but you’re calling the Texas-Angels rivalry the best? Who won the AL West last year? And not on some random, winning all your 1 run games type thing, the A’s pythagorean record was very close to the real thing. The A’s have to be the most ignored, disrespected team in baseball compared to their actual results on the field. How does another slugger make up for the fact that the Angels’ 3-4 starters are Tommy Hanson and Joe Blanton? Let’s give a little respect to the AL West Champs, a team with the payroll equal to Hamtilon and Pujols’ contracts combined, the Oakland Athletics
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Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:53:25 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=272862#comment-413188Jerry Dipoto just completely b&$*% slapped Jon Daniels off his bar stool before proceeding to the corner where Jack Zduriencik was already cowering in the fetal position. “Looks like you’ll have plenty of money for Chone Figgins now…. oh sorry I meant Bourn…. BWAHAHAHA” said Dipoto before kicking him in the ribs a few times for good measure. He then glared menacingly and pointed at Jeff Luhnow, “I’ll be back for you soon enough, Meat.” he growled before leaving in dogged pursuit of Billy Beane who had escaped minutes beforehand laughing maniacally.
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Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:45:42 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=272862#comment-413171Wells is a pro athlete making 21 mil this year, you have a job in a cubicle with an intangible idea your opinion matters outside your little area.
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Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:42:53 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=272862#comment-413162Not completely, the Mariners still play in the AL west.
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Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:39:25 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=272862#comment-413151Cocaine is a hellava drug- Rick James
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Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:37:28 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=272862#comment-413146Ok, compare their career numbers. Hunter doesn’t have to repeat 2012 to be better.
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Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:34:52 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=272862#comment-413138Their staff was bad last season yet they were winning more games than they were losing.